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March 4, 2009 · President Obama is hosting what he calls a health care forum at the White House on Thursday. It's part of his ambitious goal of getting Congress to overhaul the nation's health ...

The Dark Knight and other 2008 hit titles capitalize on little new release competition.

Legit Reviews: Sunlight shimmers through silver birches over the dacha as the shiftless, the listless and the lovelorn wallow in a little vodka and a lot more nostalgia. Everything is in place in a Chekhovian world . except we're actually in 1936, 32 years after Chekhov's death, on the brink of Stalin's Great Terror.

TV News: Steven Cragg, Brian Bradley exec producing -- ABC has added one more entry to its pilot roster, the laffer 'This Little Piggy.'

Bible scholar Bart Ehrman says that the Gospels are at odds with each other on important points regarding the life, death and divinity of Jesus.

Alpine was a shelter husky who shied away from people for months. Grace is a 6-year-old who 'talks to animals,' her mother says. ...

The communications minister, Lord Carter, and the Ofcom chief executive, Ed Richards, have admitted that the rapidly deteriorating economic climate could mean that more radical solutions might be needed to secure the future of UK public service broadcasting, beyond establishing a new organisation incorporating Channel 4.Richards, speaking at UK advertising trade body Isba's annual conference today, cautioned that the proposals in the communications regulator's review of public service broadcasting, which have fed into Carter's Digital interim Britain report, may not go far enough.'There is a little way to go before the shape of this [the new PSB incorporating Channel 4] or any other body is known - and no doubt much further debate to take place. But, and as we have always been clear, even this may be not be enough or may not be realised fast enough to meet the challenge,' he said.'Change may be coming faster and in an even more dramatic form than even we expected, indeed the evidence o

Growing an 'awkward boy' in the grim, gray reality of 1970s England, Mark Barrrowcliffe sought out books that offered a glimpse of hidden powers and a life less ordinary.

Less than 48 hours after having her engagement -- and her heart -- broken on national TV by Jason Mesnick, "The Bachelor"'s Melissa Rycroft speaks out about the experience.She writes: "I want to thank everyone who has been so supportive throughout this process. This has been such an overwhelming experience, and I really do appreciate the support system behind me. Thiswas definitely one of those experiences that changes your life, and makes you so much more aware of who you are and what you want out of life. Strange as it may sound, I am doing really well. "I'm back in Dallas, pursuing the teaching thing, and attempting to get my life back to normal (if it was ever really normal to begin with). I still have my same life mottoes: Live life with no regrets, and keep smiling no matter what happens.

This weeks stars announced for Scott Siegel's BROADWAY JUKEBOXJulia Murney (Wicked)Kerry O'Malley (White Christmas)Brad Oscar (The Producers)Hit Series Continues at BirdlandSunday, March 8 at 6:30 PM